44 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



scarlet geraniums in these beds edged round with box 

 make a gay and complete parterre (Fig. ;^^). 



Initial letters might well be arranged in a similar way, 

 so that from the windows of the house we may look down 

 at any time of year upon a formal, maze-like design of 



Fig. 34. 



rosemary or box. Where several letters or devices are 

 shown each should have an evergreen of its own to 

 represent it. In summer, bright flowers are planted in 

 between these dwarf green hedges ; and in winter, some 



coloured gravel on the paths, 

 following the outline of box, 

 will remind us of Thomas 

 Hill's remarks upon mazes. 

 Writing in 1568, he said that 

 a maze could "either be sette 

 with isope and tyme, or with 

 winter savery and tyme, for 

 these do well endure greene. 

 And there be some which sette 

 their wayes with lavender, 

 cotton spite, maierome and 

 such lyke." Evidently he was in favour of such little 

 frivolities. But even in his day there was some differ- 

 ence of opinion, since he adds : " for that mazes and 

 knottes are made, doe much sette for the garden, which 

 nevertheless I refer to your discretion, for that not all 

 persons be of like habilitie." Where a pattern less 



Fig. 35- 



